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it really does a good job of getting human error. >> so there you hear secretary napolitano answering that question from senator grassley. all of this is also important because senator graham said yesterday that tamerlan's trip to russia last year was undetected by the fbi. he say his was told that by a senior fbi official. obviously it sounds as if secretary napolitano is saying his travel was known inside the department of homeland security, which is leading senator grassley and other senators of capitol hill to ask the question, did the right hand know what the left hand was doing if department of homeland security system pinged when he went overseas to russia, why is it that the fbi was not paid aware of this? why is it that the fbi system did not ping when he made that trip over to russia. a lot of questions. there's a senate intelligence committee hearing coming up at 2:30 and then the full house of representatives is expected to get a briefing from fbi officials on all of this later on this afternoon. we'll be covering all of it for you, chris. >> all right, jim, thank you very
it really does a good job of getting human error. >> so there you hear secretary napolitano answering that question from senator grassley. all of this is also important because senator graham said yesterday that tamerlan's trip to russia last year was undetected by the fbi. he say his was told that by a senior fbi official. obviously it sounds as if secretary napolitano is saying his travel was known inside the department of homeland security, which is leading senator grassley and other...
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and apparently according to what janet napolitano testified on capitol hill yesterday, there was a ping in the system when tamerlan left the country to go to russia last year, but according to our sources what we're being told is that there was a one-year timeframe for that ping, that notation in the system. so when he went to russia, the database pinged, but when he came back the database did not ping because during that trip to russia apparently that notation that was in the system expired. so all of this is very important because as we've been reporting over the past few days, anderson, lawmakers on capitol hill are very frustrated about all of this. why are there conflicting storying about whether or not tamerlan tsarnaev did appear in the system when he was making this trip over to russia. earlier this week lindsey graham, senator from south carolina, said that that did in fact happen and janet napolitano, the homeland security secretary, said that he was not on some sort of terror watch list. so obviously there's going to be big questions asked at the upcoming white house briefing
and apparently according to what janet napolitano testified on capitol hill yesterday, there was a ping in the system when tamerlan left the country to go to russia last year, but according to our sources what we're being told is that there was a one-year timeframe for that ping, that notation in the system. so when he went to russia, the database pinged, but when he came back the database did not ping because during that trip to russia apparently that notation that was in the system expired....
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napolitano admitted today that the government had not first taken notice of that trip you -- that the government had at first taken notice of the trip but then dropped the vase. >> was your department aware of his travels to russia? if you weren't, the reason. >> the travel in 2012 that you're referring to. >> yeah. >> yes, the system pinged when he was leaving the united states. by the time he returned all investigations had been -- the matter had been closed. >> and just a few moments ago i spoke with senator chuck grassley ranking member of the judiciary committee about that exchange. >> when you have a ping like that or an alert like that, that immediately the fbi should have been notified about it, and senator graham brought out today that the fbi didn't know anything about it so you get back to a major problem that we have, does the left hand of government know what the right hand is doing? and if we're going to win this war on terrorism, we've got to have complete cooperation among all the departments that are involved in the war against terrorism. >> do you think the fbi did e
napolitano admitted today that the government had not first taken notice of that trip you -- that the government had at first taken notice of the trip but then dropped the vase. >> was your department aware of his travels to russia? if you weren't, the reason. >> the travel in 2012 that you're referring to. >> yeah. >> yes, the system pinged when he was leaving the united states. by the time he returned all investigations had been -- the matter had been closed. >>...
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team that involved the attorney general, his fbi director, the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, the vice president was also in there as well as his national security team and his chief of staff and deputy chief of staff here in the white house. no indication whether they will come out here with him. so far only the president is scheduled to be here. there he is. >> good morning, everybody. i've just been briefed by my national security team, including fbi director mueller, attorney general holder, secretary napolitano and my counterterrorism and homeland security adviser lisa monaco on the attacks in boston. we continue to mobilize and deploy all appropriate law enforcement resources to protect our citizens and investigate and to respond to this attack. obviously our first thoughts this morning are with the victims, their families and the city of boston. we know that twoook theives of others, including an 8-year-old boy. this was a heinous and cowardly act, and given what we now know about what took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorism. anytime bombs are us
team that involved the attorney general, his fbi director, the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, the vice president was also in there as well as his national security team and his chief of staff and deputy chief of staff here in the white house. no indication whether they will come out here with him. so far only the president is scheduled to be here. there he is. >> good morning, everybody. i've just been briefed by my national security team, including fbi director...
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secretary napolitano getting grilled on capitol hill today, including this from republican senator chuck grassley of iowa. >> was your department aware of his travels to russia, and if you weren't, the reason? >> the travel in 2012 that you're referring to? um, yes. the system pinged when he was leaving the united states. by the time he returned all investigations -- the matter had been closed. >> is it true that his identity document did not match his airline ticket and if so, why did tsa miss the discrepancy? >> there was a mismatch there. >> well, there was that and there was also more. now with what else we know and what more we still do not. >> tamerlan sar nevada first hi hit the radar in 2011. >> they sent a letter to the fbi and other agencies that we think this guy has become radical. you need to watch him. >> an fbi statement said the question from russia was based on information that he was a follower of radical islam and a strong believer he changed drastically since 2010 as he prepared to leave the united states for travel to join us specified underground groups. the fbi say
secretary napolitano getting grilled on capitol hill today, including this from republican senator chuck grassley of iowa. >> was your department aware of his travels to russia, and if you weren't, the reason? >> the travel in 2012 that you're referring to? um, yes. the system pinged when he was leaving the united states. by the time he returned all investigations -- the matter had been closed. >> is it true that his identity document did not match his airline ticket and if...
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speaking before the senate judiciary committee, janet napolitano, a volatile region in russia has been plagued with radical violence. >> was your department aware of his travels to russia and if you weren't, the reason. >> the travel in 2012 that you're referring to? >> yes. >> yes, the system pinged when he was leaving the united states. by the time he returned, all investigations had been -- the matter had been closed. >> did the agency drop the ball? the question keeps building. congressman michael mccaul is "outfront" tonight. good to see you. >> thank you, erin. >> the fbi was aware of the recent trip to russia and found nothing derogatory but according to some reports, russia didn't stop there and as recently as november of last year, russia's secret service alerted the fbi about tamerlan's alleged contact with a militant. they said they didn't get an alert but i ask you, what did you know about whether russia warned the united states again about tsarnaev's extremist ties? >> the fbi told me that they were not warned again. let's look at the facts here. the fbi has denied they ha
speaking before the senate judiciary committee, janet napolitano, a volatile region in russia has been plagued with radical violence. >> was your department aware of his travels to russia and if you weren't, the reason. >> the travel in 2012 that you're referring to? >> yes. >> yes, the system pinged when he was leaving the united states. by the time he returned, all investigations had been -- the matter had been closed. >> did the agency drop the ball? the...
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>> we had a initial briefing tonight by the director of the fbi as well as secretary north america napolitano. they were tight-lipped. i think you can understand why when the intelligence agency has got benghazi wrong initially. they don't want to make that mistake again. there are a lot of indicators that could point into different directions. the simultaneous attacks or almost simultaneous attacks is a hallmark of the overseas attacks we've seen. at the same time, the unsophisticated nature could be the product of a home brogrown terrorist or self-radicalized person. i will say this, piers, i'm optimistic this won't be the kind of investigation that will linger for years like atlanta. there is so much video footage, there's so much technological information to put together here. someone has seen something, someone has captured something on film. and i'm hopeful that this won't be the kind of long, protracted investigation that we have sometimes seen in the past. >> ambassador, some people have been criticizing the fact that this can happen at such a hugely well-policed, high security situat
>> we had a initial briefing tonight by the director of the fbi as well as secretary north america napolitano. they were tight-lipped. i think you can understand why when the intelligence agency has got benghazi wrong initially. they don't want to make that mistake again. there are a lot of indicators that could point into different directions. the simultaneous attacks or almost simultaneous attacks is a hallmark of the overseas attacks we've seen. at the same time, the unsophisticated...
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the department of homeland security secretary napolitano testified that a flag did go up on their data base which is a different data base. you basically have the department of homeland security with the information he's traveling to the chechen region and the fbi not knowing about that and the question is was that shared with the fbi within the joint terrorism task force? that's a very, very important question because as you point out, connecting the dots after 9/11 is what it is really supposed to be about and we thought we had fixed this. >> now one of the things that's been questioned is whether or not there should have been a request to be able to spy on him because there is a reason to believe that he is acting as an agent of a foreign country or foreign power or terrorist group. do you, congressman, know of any reas reason, substantive, why he should have been not just in 20/20 hindsight but at the time why there should have been a warrant granted to surveil tamerlan tsarnaev? >> no. remember the fbi closer investigation finding no derogatory information. i was a federal prosecu
the department of homeland security secretary napolitano testified that a flag did go up on their data base which is a different data base. you basically have the department of homeland security with the information he's traveling to the chechen region and the fbi not knowing about that and the question is was that shared with the fbi within the joint terrorism task force? that's a very, very important question because as you point out, connecting the dots after 9/11 is what it is really...
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meanwhile, we can tell you that homeland security secretary janet napolitano, she is also appearing at a judiciary committee hearing this morning on immigration reform. happening right now. wolf, given the fact that both suspects immigrated to this country in the last decade, expect the case to come up. wolf. >> just to recap the senate intelligence committee will have a separate briefing with the fbi, the house intelligence committee will have their hearing, both will be behind closed doors, no media allowed inside. is that right? >> that's right. and that's typically what happens in these cases, wolf. because there -- there might be sensitive national security details that are divulged during the hearings, they are often closed to the public. however, we'll be staking out during those hearings and trying to find out, what, if anything, being said about whether or not some red flags were missed in the case of tamerlan tsavraev in his trip to russia back in 2011. wolf. >> and everybody agrees, the most important thing right now, to learn lessons from what happened, not necessarily for
meanwhile, we can tell you that homeland security secretary janet napolitano, she is also appearing at a judiciary committee hearing this morning on immigration reform. happening right now. wolf, given the fact that both suspects immigrated to this country in the last decade, expect the case to come up. wolf. >> just to recap the senate intelligence committee will have a separate briefing with the fbi, the house intelligence committee will have their hearing, both will be behind closed...
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. >> yesterday, homeland security secretary janet napolitano told senators her department received an alert when the suspect left the united states to travel to russia. but there was no alert when the bombing suspect returned to the u.s. and his secretary explained why. >> i think the fact there, senator, is that the fbi text alert on him at that point was more than a year old and had expired. >> we're going to go now to two former members of the u.s. intelligence agencies. bob and ty, a former special agent for the fbi. ty, i'll start with you. the fbi said it found no terrorist activity after interviewing the suspect and asked russia for more info, none came. so the fbi then closed the case. now, what do you think of that? is that the right protocol you ask russia if they have more information even if you can have your own assets on the ground. if so, is that right? >> well, definitely. you have to understand that the fbi receives thousands of allegations and reports from individuals from foreign intelligence agencies, with allegations. now, if the report was given that this individ
. >> yesterday, homeland security secretary janet napolitano told senators her department received an alert when the suspect left the united states to travel to russia. but there was no alert when the bombing suspect returned to the u.s. and his secretary explained why. >> i think the fact there, senator, is that the fbi text alert on him at that point was more than a year old and had expired. >> we're going to go now to two former members of the u.s. intelligence agencies....
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today, senators were asking secretary janet napolitano about the older brother's trip to russia in 2012 because it appears intelligence agencies were aware he had left the country, but they didn't know that he had returned to the united states. take a listen. >> you said, i think to senator grassley, that the older brother, the suspect who was killed, when he left to go back to russia in 2012, the system picked up his departure, but did not pick up him coming back. is that correct? >> that's my understanding. i can give you the detail in a classified setting, but i think the salient fact there, senator, is that the fbi text alert on him at that point was more than a year old and had expired. >> it is interesting that the secretary says the salient fact is that the investigation had already been closed into him, by the time he came back. well, salient, also troubling. let's bring in former cia operative and cnn analyst bob baer. help us make some sense of this. the concern is that there was a slip, right? that this was someone you should have had eyes on, and you didn't. what does it mea
today, senators were asking secretary janet napolitano about the older brother's trip to russia in 2012 because it appears intelligence agencies were aware he had left the country, but they didn't know that he had returned to the united states. take a listen. >> you said, i think to senator grassley, that the older brother, the suspect who was killed, when he left to go back to russia in 2012, the system picked up his departure, but did not pick up him coming back. is that correct?...
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now, what we want to do is just go to a little bit of sound from homeland security secretary janet napolitano talking about these issues that people in boston are debating right now. let's listen. >> we have been collecting video from a variety of sources. as you might imagine at the finish line of the boston marathon, there's -- there's lots and lots of video. there is some video that has raised the question of those that the fbi would like to speak with. i wouldn't characterize them as suspects under the technical term. but we need the public's help in locating these individuals. >> so typically in cases like these, of course, the big question is whether releasing video, releasing pictures of individuals at the scene of crimes will hinder or help the investigation. and certainly that is what's going into this right now. authorities on the ground in boston telling me no decision has been made, but they are weighing releasing the pictures. chris? >> it's a tough question, joe, because on the one side of the scale, you have -- it could be tremendously helpful. someone could see them. there's a
now, what we want to do is just go to a little bit of sound from homeland security secretary janet napolitano talking about these issues that people in boston are debating right now. let's listen. >> we have been collecting video from a variety of sources. as you might imagine at the finish line of the boston marathon, there's -- there's lots and lots of video. there is some video that has raised the question of those that the fbi would like to speak with. i wouldn't characterize them as...